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“ From  earth' s  wide  bounds ,  from  ocean' s  farthest  coast , 
Through  gates  of  pearl  stream  in  the  countless  host , 
Singing  to  Father ,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost — -Alleluia  !  ” 


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FOREIGN  MISSIONARIES  OF  THE  PRESBY¬ 
TERIAN  CHURCH  IN  THE  U.  S.  A. 

WHO  ENTERED  INTO  LIFE 
DURING  THE  YEAR. 

APRIL  1,  1916— MARCH  31,  1917 

FROM  CHINA: 

Rev.  W.  A.  P.  Martin,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

Rev.  C.  A.  Kileie 

Rev.  J.  M.  W.  Earn  it  am,  D.D. 

Mrs.  Wm.  H.  Gleysteen 
Miss  Anna  G.  Reed 
Mrs.  Wm.  H.  Dodson 
Elizabeth  G.  Anderson,  M.D. 

Miss  Edna  M.  Brack 
Mrs.  Gilbert  McIntosh 

FROM  INDIA: 

Rev.  C.  B.  Newton,  D.D. 

Alice  Mitchell,  M.D. 

FROM  CHOSEN: 

Rev.  H.  G.  Underwood,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

Mrs.  William  M.  Baird 


FROM  PERSIA: 

Rev.  S.  G.  Wilson,  D.D. 

FROM  SYRIA: 

Mrs.  William  S.  Nelson 


PIONEER  MISSIONARIES 
WHO  HAVE  “FINISHED  THE  TASK” 


Term  of  Service 

Rev.  W.  A.  P.  Martin,  D.D.,  LL.D . 67  years 

Rev.  J.  M.  W.  Farnham,  D.D . 57  “ 

Rev.  C.  B.  Newton,  D.D . 50  “ 

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Rev.  H.  G.  Underwood,  D.D.,  LL.D . 32 


THE  REV.  W.  A.  P.  MARTIN,  D.D.  LL.D. 
PEKING,  CHINA 

Appointed,  1849 — Died  Dec.  17,  1916 — Age,  90  years 

The  death  of  the  Rev.  William  Alexander  Parsons 
Martin,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  marks  the  passing  of  one  of  the 
last  of  the  great  pioneer  missionaries  of  the  modern 
Church.  Dr.  Martin  was  the  senior  in  age  and  continuous 
service  of  all  the  foreigners  resident  in  China.  It  is  diffi¬ 
cult  for  Christians  of  this  generation  to  realize  the  vast¬ 
ness  of  the  change  which  has  taken  place  within  the 
period  of  a  single  lifetime.  In  1849  when  Mr.  Martin 
(then  22  years  old)  with  his  young  wife  sailed  for  China 
the  small  ship  was  four  months  and  nineteen  days  in 
making  the  voyage.  When  they  landed  April  10,  1850, 
they  found  a  China  still  under  the  sway  of  age-old  super- 
_  stitions  and  almost  wholly  uninfluenced  by  the  move- 

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merits  of  the  modern  world.  Missionary  work  was  in 
its  infancy,  a  small  movement  of  no  consequence  except 
as  a  nuisance  when  an  occasional  missionary  had  to  be 
protected  from  violence.  The  report  of  the  Presbyterian 
Board  that  year  shows  only  three  stations  with  24  mis¬ 
sionaries  and  no  Chinese  communicants.  Contrast  it  with 
the  present  time — 1917 — for  the  Presbyterian  Church 
alone,  32  stations,  467  missionaries,  163  organized 
churches  with  36,128  communicant  members. 

Young  Martin  and  his  wife  began  work  in  the  City 
of  Ningpo.  He  studied  not  only  the  Chinese  language 
but  Chinese  history,  literature,  art  and  customs,  and  won 
such  recognition  as  an  expert  that  when  the  diplomatic 
representatives  of  the  western  nations  began  the  negotia¬ 
tions  with  China,  although  only  31  years  of  age  he  was 
called  upon  to  assist  as  interpreter  and  adviser  of  the 
U.  S.  Minister,  the  Hon.  Wm.  B.  Reed.  Mr.  Martin 


PREACHING  CHAPEL  ON  A  BUSY  CORNER  IN  PEKING 
IN  THE  REAR  OF  AN  TING  DISPENSARY 

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was  closely  in  the  confidence  of  Mr.  Reed,  and  he  and 
Dr.  S.  Wells  Williams  deserve  no  small  share  of  the  credit 
for  that  epoch-making  treaty  which  was  successively 
signed  by  Russia,  the  United  States  of  America,  England 
and  France. 

Mr.  Martin  was  assigned  to  Peking  in  1863  and  re¬ 
mained  there  until  his  death.  He  became  a  confidential 
adviser  of  the  American  Legation.  His  fame  grew  among 
the  Chinese  as  well  as  in  the  diplomatic  world  and  in 
1868  the  Emperor  asked  him  to  organize  the  International 
Law  and  Language  School  in  Peking. 

Dr.  Martin  was  a  many-sided  man  keenly  interested  in 
scientific  discoveries  and  inventions  as  well  as  in  the 
problems  of  education  and  government.  When  telegraphy 
was  coming  into  general  use  in  the  West,  he  secured  a 
set  of  instruments  and  after  learning  to  operate  them 
invited  the  government  officials  to  see  the  new  wonder. 
Within  a  few  years  after  the  telegraph  was  established 
in  81  cities  of  the  Empire. 

Of  the  funeral  service,  a  fellow-missionary  who  her¬ 
self  has  since  gone  home — (Mrs.  Gleysteen),  wrote: — 

"Dr.  Martin  looked  like  a  great  noble  warrior  returned 
from  a  victory  as  he  lay  in  his  casket. 

The  service  in  Chinese  was  in  the  church  here  at  half 
past  ten,  and  was  dignified  and  helpful  in  every  way. 
The  President  sent  his  secretary  to  read  an  eulogy. 
General  Chang,  a  student  of  Dr.  Martin’s,  fifty-four 
years  ago,  and  Mr.  Liu,  another  student  former  minister 
of  Foreign  Affairs,  both  men  of  great  prominence  in  the 
Government,  spoke  very  feelingly  of  Dr.  Martin’s  unique 
service  to  the  Chinese  people. 

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The  American  Legation  sent  up  a  mounted  guard  of 
eight  soldiers  who  rode  in  front  of  the  Army  wagon 
carrying  the  casket  covered  with  the  American  and 
Chinese  flags  belonging  to  Truth  Hall,  the  school  which 
Dr.  Martin  had  founded. 

It  was  a  striking  group  standing  beside  the  grave.  Dr. 
Wherry,  Dr.  Chauncey  Goodrich,  Dr.  Arthur  Smith,  Dr. 
H.  H.  Lowrie,  Bishop  Scott,  all  of  whom  have  been  in 
China  over  fifty  years,  and  yet  had  looked  up  to  Dr. 
Martin  as  their  senior  as  he  had  been  here  sixty-seven 
vears. 

J 

Dr.  Martin  was  perhaps  the  most  striking  figure  in 
China  and  his  service  to  the  Chinese  the  most  unique,  but 
he  was  getting  feeble  and  we  cannot  but  rejoice  at  his 
passing  into  the  life  everlasting.  One  can  never  associate 
death  with  an  active  soul  like  his." 


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THE  RET.  JOHN  MARSHALL  W  FARNHAM,  D.  D. 

SCHANGHAI,  CNINA 

Appointed,  1860 — Died,  January,  1917 — Age,  88  years 

Since  the  death  of  Dr.  Martin  in  December,  1916,  Dr. 
Farnham  was  the  oldest  missionary  of  the  Board  in  China. 
He  and  Mrs.  Farnham  arrived  in  Shanghai,  March  9, 
1860,  just  ten  years  after  the  occupation  of  the  city  as 
the  second  station  of  the  Central  China  Mission.  The 
first  convert  had  been  baptized  one  year  previous,  and 
the  first  church  consisting  of  three  missionaries  and  one 
native  convert  was  formed  just  a  month  before  Dr.  Farn¬ 
ham  arrived.  The  Taiping  rebels  were  ravaging  the  coun¬ 
try  to  the  west  and  the  people  were  so  panic  stricken 
that  Mission  work  was  much  interrupted.  A  few  months 
after  the  rebels  arrived  at  the  walls  of  Shanghai  itself 
and  the  missionaries  had  to  withdraw  from  the  South 
Gate  where  they  were  living.  On  returning,  however, 

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they  found  their  homes  unmolested  with  everything  just 
as  they  had  left  it  even  to  a  half-finished  meal  on  the 
table.  The  first  work  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Farnham  was  to 
give  relief  to  refugees  from  the  interior  stations  who  had 
fled  betore  the  Taipings. 

Within  their  first  year  of  service  they  had  opened 
schools  for  boys  and  girls.  The  first  buildings  for  both 
schools  were  erected  under  Mr.  Farnham’s  care  and  he 
felt  great  pride  in  the  substantial  and  lasting  character 
of  the  work  which  was  accomplished  under  his  super¬ 
vision. 

Dr.  Farnham  took  much  interest  in  the  development 
of  the  Mission  Press  and  was  its  Superintendent  from 
1884-1888.  Fie  was  a  member  of  the  Committee  which 
translated  the  New  Testament  into  the  Shanghai  dialect 
and  also  in  Romanized  form.  His  desire  to  have  suitable 
Christian  literature  provided  was  one  of  the  influences 
which  led  to  the  establishment  of  the  Chinese  Religious 
Tract  Society  with  which  he  was  afterward  connected, 
and  of  which  for  many  years  he  was  the  Corresponding 
Secretary. 

Dr.  Farnham  was  a  man  of  intense  and  fervent  con¬ 
viction.  Fie  was  born  in  Lebanon,  Maine,  and  had  the 
true  and  attractive  New  England  characteristics.  He  was 
alert,  quick-minded,  positive,  loyal  in  his  friendships,  full 
of  whimsical  humor  and  zest.  Dr.  Farnham’s  long  ser¬ 
vice,  covering  nearly  two  generations,  witnessed  the 
enormous  changes  which  have  taken  place  in  China  be¬ 
tween  the  days  of  the  Taiping  Rebellion  and  the  establish¬ 
ment  of  the  Chinese  Republic. 


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BROTHERHOOD  "  OF  LOWRIE  MEMORIAL  CHURCH,  SHANGHAI 


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THE  REV.  CHARLES  BEATTY  NEWTON,  D.D. 

JULLUNDUR,  INDIA 

Appointed,  1867 — Died,  April,  1917 — Age,  75  years 

Dr.  Newton  was  born  on  the  mission  field,  his  parents, 
the  Rev.  John  Newton  and  wife  having  gone  to  India  in 
1835,  the  founders  of  the  mission  work  in  the  Punjab. 

Dr.  Newton  sailed  from  Boston  on  October  18th,  1867, 
on  the  ship  Zephyr ,  1400  tons  burden,  with  a  cargo 
of  ice,  stoves  and  apples,  for  Calcutta,  reaching  his 
destination  March  10,  1868.  He  was  stationed  succes¬ 
sively  at  Lahore,  Rawal  Pindi,  Lodiana,  Rupar  and 
Jullundur.  He  was  teacher,  preacher,  station  Treasurer, 
Mission  Treasurer,  Secretary  of  the  I.  F.  N.  S.  and  I. 
Society  of  England,  Managing  Director  of  the  Presby¬ 
terian  Widow  and  Orphan  Fund  and  Insurance  Society, 

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had  charge  of  the  Mission  press  which  in  one  year  printed 
18,000,000  pages,  editor  of  a  vernacular  newspaper.  In 
1869  the  Mission  appointed  him  to  “open  up  work  among 
the  low-castes”.  This  was  the;  beginning  of  a  branch  of 
work  which  had  never  previously  attracted  the  attention 
of  the  Mission,  but  which  was  destined  to  expand  until 
it  became  as  it  is  now  the  chief  object  of  interest  in  the 
Punjab  field.  “To  the  poor  the  Gospel  was  preached” 
and  the  poor  responded  with  ready  faith.  In  the 
Jullundur  district  there  are  now  over  1200  Christians 
among  these  low-castes.  Dr.  Newton  was  at  home  dur¬ 
ing  the  Civil  War  and  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  15th 
Penn.  Volunteer  Cavalry,  but  was  discharged  after  five 
and  a  half  months'  service  owing  to  an  attack  of  fever. 


GROUP  OF  VILLAGE  WOMEN.  JULLUNDUR 

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As  a  native  of  India  Dr.  Newton  had  a  perfect  com¬ 
mand  of  the  vernacular  and  a  brother’s  understanding 
of  the  hearts  of  the  people.  With  this  equipment  he 
combined  a  single-eyed  devotion  to  the  work  of  the 
Gospel,  unusual  practical  sense  in  business  and  accounts, 
untiring  energy  and  a  spirit  of  absolute  fidelity  to  all 
duty  whether  large  or  small.  His  life  and  letters  bore 
the  flavor  of  the  high  missionary  character  of  the  early 
days.  In  his  personal  report  for  1911  he  wrote  that  he 
was  nearly  seventy  years  of  age  and  that  his  day’s  work 
now  was  only  six  to  eight  hours,  whereas  it  had  always 
been  from  ten  to  fourteen.  As  he  was  writing  his  bags 
were  packed  for  a  village  tour.  The  next  year  he  was 
laid  aside  by  painful  attacks  of  illness  and  had  no  vaca¬ 
tion,  but  kept  up  his  talks  at  the  Boys’  School,  took 
charge  of  the  Sabathu  Leper  Asylum  with  its  accounts, 
and  edited  the  Annual  Reports  of  the  Mission.  And  so 
to  the  end  he  did  the  works  of  Him  that  sent  him,  while 
it  was  day.  Dr.  Newton  was  one  of  the  great  and  faith¬ 
ful  spirits  who  laid  the  foundations  of  the  Christian 
Church  in  India  and  whose  work  can  never  die. 


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THE  REV.  HORACE  GRANT  UNDERWOOD. 

D.D.,  LL.D.,  SEOUL,  CHOSEN 

Appointed,  1884 — Died,  October,  1916 — Age,  57  years 

In  1884  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  U.  S.  A.  began 
work  in  Korea,  now  Chosen.  Hearing  that  the  Board 
desired  a  missionary  for  Korea,  Dr.  Underwood,  then 
just  out  of  the  Theological  Seminary  offered  himself 
for  the  task  and  arrived  in  his  field  in  April,  1885. 
After  ten  years  of  indefatigable  labor  on  the  part  of 
Dr.  Underwood  and  a  few  missionaries  of  our  own  and 
the  Methodist  Board  who  had  joined  the  little  band  there 
were  only  141  Christians  in  the  whole  country.  The 
tide  turned  in  1895  when  after  the  battle  of  Pyeng  Yang 
in  the  China-Japan  War,  the  missionaries  manifested 
conspicuous  courage  and  devotion  in  dealing  with  an 

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epidemic  of  cholera.  Some  men  who  saw  Dr.  Under¬ 
wood  hurrying  along  the  road  in  the  gray  twilight  of 
a  summer  morning  remarked — “There  goes  the  Jesus 
man,  he  works  all  night  and  all  day  with  the  sick  with¬ 
out  resting.” 

His  whole  career  as  a  missionary  of  the  Board  may 
be  epitomized  in  the  memorial  minute  of  Seoul  Station: — 

“In  old  days  in  Korea  a  specially  honored  brother  had 
his  good  deeds  recorded  in  stone,  so  that  the  ages  follow¬ 
ing  might  profit  by  his  valiant  example.  The  land  is 
dotted  with  these  memorial  stones  telling  of  the  great 
servants  of  the  past.  It  was  reserved,  however,  for  one 
born  in  the  distant  world  of  the  West  to  be  to  Korea 
more  than  the  scholar,  more  than  the  ancient  priest,  more 
than  anyone  of  her  own  people.  We  doubt  if  ever  the 


FOREIGN  SCHOOL  CHILDREN  AT  A  PICNIC  AT  DR.  UNDERWOOD'S  HOME 

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name  KOREA  was  written  as  deeply  on  any  other  heart 
than  it  was  on  that  of  H.  G.  Underwood,  whose  memory 
we  desire  lovingly  to  perpetuate. 

■  He  was  the  first  clerical  member  of  our  Mission  and  of 
Seoul  Station. 

He  opened  up  Christian  missionary  work  in  this  land. 

He  marked  out  the  pathway  for  us  all  to  tread. 

His  were  the  first  friendships  with  this  strange  and  inter¬ 
esting  people. 

He  was  the  first  to  baptize  a  convert. 

He  was  the  first  to  establish  a  church. 

He  was  the  first  to  translate  and  open  up  the  Scriptures. 

He  was  the  first  to  write  a  Korean  hymn. 

He  was  the  pioneer  missionary  to  this  last  unopened  king¬ 
dom  of  the  earth. 

All  that  was  well  for  Korea  he  wished  for,  prayed 
for,  labored  for.  Night  and  day  his  thoughts  were  with 
and  for  this  people.  He  travelled  round  and  round  the 
world  in  her  behalf.  He  talked  through  long  years 
under  physical  disability  that  her  needs  might  be  met. 
He  raised  hundreds  of  thousands  of  dollars  and  gave 
of  his  own  with  open  liberal  hand  that  she  might  be  fed. 
Well  might  it  be  said  by  this  whole  nation  and  recorded 
on  stone,  deeper  written  than  any  character  she  has 
chiselled  in  the  past, 

UNDERWOOD 

“  7  zvas  hungry  and  you  gave .  me  meat.  I  was 
thirsty  and  you  gave  me  drink.  I  was  a  stranger 
and  you  took  me  in,  sick  and  in  prison  and  you 
visited  me.'  ” 


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MISSIONARIES  WHO  HAVE  “BORNE  THE 
BURDEN  AND  HEAT  OF  THE  DAY” 


Rev.  Samuel  G.  Wilson, 
Mrs.  William  S.  Nelson 
Mrs.  Gilbert  McIntosh 
Rev.  Charles  A.  Killie 
Mrs.  William  Baird  .  . 
Dr.  Alice  Mitchell  .  . . 


Term  of  Service 

D.D . 36  years 

. 28 

. 27  “ 

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. 26 

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THE  REV.  SAMUEL  G.  WILSON,  D.D. 
TABRIZ,  PERSIA 

Appointed,  1880 — Died,  July,  1916 — Age,  58  years 

Dr.  Wilson  in  point  of  continuous  service  was  the 
senior  member  of  the  West  Persia  Mission.  It  is  difficult 
to  express  the  appreciation  of  the  Mission  of  Dr.  Wilson 
as  a  Christian  scholar,  educator,  financier,  constructor 
of  mission  edifices,  counsellor  and  planner  of  mission 
work.  If  one  thing  more  than  another  stands  as  his 
monument  it  is  his  life  work  in  the  Tabriz  Boys’  Memo¬ 
rial  School.  Receiving  it  in  the  spring  of  1884  a  tiny 
seedling  from  the  hands  of  the  original  founder,  under 
his  care  and  devoted  supervision,  it  expanded  to  a  great 
tree,  an  institution  from  which  has  gone  forth  many 
pupils  who  were  there  brought  into  a  contact  with  the 

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Word  of  God  and  its  ideals  which  they  could  never  have 
obtained  elsewhere.  He  prayed,  labored  and  plead  with 
the  pupils  for  their  conversion,  their  growth  in  grace 
and  a  Christian  manhood. 

Dr.  Wilson’s  heart  was  set  on  direct  evangelistic  work 
for  the  Moslems.  Therefore  he  would  not  compromise 
that  aim  or  subordinate  it  to  the  secular  part  of  educa¬ 
tion.  The  department  for  Moslems  has  now  been  in 
existence  for  some  years. 

He  loved  touring  and  made  many  journeys  to  the 
villages  carrying  the  Gospel  message  to  the  illiterate  in¬ 
habitants.  As  a  member  of  a  mission  circle  he  was 
friendly,  sociable,  not  easily  offended,  of  calm,  steady 
judgment  and  ready  resource,  considering  all  sides  of  a 


SECTION  OF  THE  CITY  OF  TABRIZ 
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question.  A  lover  of  peace,  he  never  sacrificed  principle  to 
apparent  harmony.  His  Christian  life  was  deep  rather 
than  demonstrative,  though  he  could  speak  for  Christ 
with  no  uncertain  sound. 

Dr.  Wilson  returned  to  his  work  for  the  last  time  in 
November,  1915.  His  furlough  in  the  United  States  had 
been  prolonged  by  reason  of  a  railroad  accident,  but 
with  the  physician's  approval  he  had  returned  to  Persia 
to  render  help  to  the  Armenians  and  Nestorians  in  the 
time  of  their  need  and  distress.  Much  unavoidable  phy¬ 
sical  hardship  was  connected  with  the  arduous  and  re¬ 
sponsible  work  of  relief.  In  the  presence  of  so  much 
suffering  there  was  a  terrible  strain  upon  heart,  brain 
and  nerves,  all  of  which  wore  upon  him.  In  the  city 
where  so  much  of  his  life  had  been  spent  a  royal  wel¬ 
come  awaited  him.  Moslems,  Europeans  and  Oriental 
Christians  vied  with  each  other  in  demonstrations  of 
rejoicing  at  his  return. 

At  his  funeral  service  addresses  were  made  by  his 
associates,  former  pupils  and  representative  Armenians. 
The  closing  prayer  at  the  grave  offered  by  an  Armen¬ 
ian  priest  was  from  the  burial  service  of  that  ancient 
church.  On  the  Sunday  after  his  death  the  Armenians 
held  a  special  religious  service  in  their  principal  church, 
while  a  number  of  the  weekly  newspaper  was  issued 
devoted  entirely  to  his  memory. 

The  efficient  school  for  boys,  the  large  number  of  vol¬ 
umes  on  Persia  and  Mohammedanism  and  Bahism  which 
he  wrote,  the  solid  foundations  of  the  mission  work  in 
northwestern  Persia,  and  the  boundless  gratitude  of 
thousands  of  suffering  people  are  some  of  the  monuments 
to  the  work  of  one  who  served  with  a  signal  ability  and 
with  single-eyed  devotion. 


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MRS.  WILLIAM  NELSON  (nee  Emma  Hay) 

TRIPOLI,  SYRIA 

Appointed,  1888 — Died,  July,  1916 — Age,  52  years 

Mrs.  Nelson  with  her  husband  went  to  Syria  in  Octo¬ 
ber,  1888.  They  were  assigned  to  the  Tripoli  station  and 
work  in  the  Boy’s  School.  So  vitally  was  Mrs.  Nelson 
connected  with  every  phase  of  the  Tripoli  Station  life 
and  activity  that  an  account  of  her  life  would  be  almost 
a  history  of  the  station  work.  Her  many  talents  and 
abilities  were  consecrated  to  the  varied  tasks  that  from 
time  to  time  confronted  the  Mission.  Her  cheery  and 
immaculately  kept  home  was  always  a  haven  of  rest  to 
all  who  entered. 

Mrs.  Nelson  had  a  singular  facility  in  working  for 
and  obtaining  definite  results  among  the  Christian  and 

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Moslem  women  of  the  country  stations.  There  are  to¬ 
day  in  Tripoli  old  Syrian  ladies  who  can  read  their  Bibles 
because  Mrs.  Nelson  persuaded  them  to  learn  to  reach 
A  band  of  women  which  she  organized  has  been  held 
together  all  through  the  years  largely  because  of  their 
love  for  her.  They  meet  weekly  for  study  and  prayer 
and  to  devise  ways  of  helping  the  needy. 

Mrs.  Nelson's  influence  was  distinctly  felt  in  the  Boys' 
School  and  her  relationship  to  the  pupils  secured  for  that 
sweetest  of  all  names  “MOTHER”.  Nothing  contented 
Mrs.  Nelson  unless  she  was  sure  that  those  for  whom 
she  labored  made  acknowledgment  of  Christ  as  their 
Master.  A  life  such  as  hers  lifts  itself  into  all  other 
lives  and  becomes  a  seeming  necessity  to  the  work.  It 
is  comforting  to  know  that  her  influence  cannot  pass 
with  her  but  that  in  the  future  in  all  Syria  there  will 
be  found  those  serving  Christ  who  got  their  inspiration 
from  this  noble  woman. 


HENRY  A.  NELSON  MEMORIAL  SCHOOL,  TRIPOLI 

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MRS.  GILBERT  McINTOSH  (nee  Mary  R.  Harper) 

SHANGHAI,  CHINA 

Appointed,  1892 — Died,  March,  1917 — Age,  53  years 


Mrs.  McIntosh  was  preeminently  a  home-maker  as 
more  than  one  missionary  or  native  Chinese  woman,  or 
visitor  to  the  mission  field  can  testify.  Her  last  years 
of  service  were  marked  by  ill-health  which  prevented  her 
from  a  more  active  service.  But  in  her  quarter  of  a 
century  of  service  she  fulfilled  her  duties  as  a  helpmeet 
to  her  husband  in  his  work  at  the  great  Shanghai  Press, 
and  as  a  home-maker,  and  friend  of  the  Chinese. 

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BINDERY  OF  SHANGHAI  PRESS 


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REV.  CHARLES  A.  KILLIE 
PAOTINGFU,  CHINA 

Appointed,  1889 — Died  July,  1916 — Age  59  years 

Mr.  Killie  was  converted  under  the  preaching  of 
Dwight  L.  Moody,  and  after  his  graduation  from  Prince¬ 
ton  Seminary  felt  the  call  to  the  foreign  field  and  sailed 
for  China  in  1889.  Mr.  Killie  and  his  wife  were  in 
Peking  at  the  time  of  the  Boxer  outbreak  and  passed 
through  the  terrible  months  of  the  Siege  in  the  British 
Legation.  It  was  his  privilege  to  see  China  not  only  in 
this  outbreak  but  in  the  throes  of  the  Revolution  and  the 
full  establishment  of  the  Republic.  He  was  fond  of  the 
camera  and  in  the  course  of  his  missionary  career  took 

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thousands  of  pictures.  After  the  Boxer  outbreak  he  was 
permitted  to  enter  the  forbidden  city  and  took  a  large 
number  of  pictures  which  give  a  very  clear  idea  of  the 
magnificence  and  splendor  of  the  old  Manchu  Dynasty. 

Mr.  Killie  was  preeminently  an  itinerating  missionary, 
in  season  and  out  of  season,  in  summer’s  heat  and 
winter's  cold,  on  foot  and  on  horesback,  on  the  back  of 
a  donkey  on  a  Chinese  wheelbarrow,  in  a  palanquin,  and 
more  recently  by  railway.  He  travelled  thousands  of 
miles  teaching  the  Gospel  of  Christ.  He  stayed  in 
Chinese  homes,  spoke  in  their  churches,  taught  in  their 
schools,  learned  their  customs,  knew  their  language,  made 
himself  a  part  of  their  life  so  that  many  looked  upon 
him  as  a  father  in  Israel. 


INTERNATIONAL  GUN  "OUR  BETSEY”  USED  DURING  THE  SIEGE  OF  PEKIN.  A 
BRITISH  GUN,  FOUND  IN  A  CHINESE  JUNK  SHOP;  MOUNTED  ON  AN  ITALIAN  GUN 
CARRIAGE:  FIRED  BY  AN  AMERICAN  GUNNER  USING  RUSSIAN  AMMUNITION. 

THE  ALLIES  OF  1900  AND  1917 

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Probably  no  single  missionary  of  the  Foreign  Board 
has  rendered  such  efficient  service  in  awakening  the 
home  church  as  Mr.  Ivillie.  His  long  residence  in 
China,  his  familiarity  with  Chinese  manners  and  cus¬ 
toms,  his  valuable  collection  of  slides,  his  store  of  in¬ 
formation  relating  to  things  Chinese,  coupled  with  a 
devout  spirit  and  an  intense  evangelistic  fervor  fitted  him 
in  a  peculiar  way  to  bring  the  message  to  the  home 
Church.  In  two  years  and  a  half,  from  September,  1913 
— May,  1916  Mr.  Killie  travelled  over  61,000  miles  in 
the  United  States  and  delivered  more  than  850  addresses. 


\ 


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MRS.  WM.  M.  BAIRD  (nee  Annie  Laurie  Adams) 
PYENG  YANG,  CHOSEN 

Appointed,  1890 — Died,  June,  1916 — Age,  53  years 

At  a  summer  Bible  School,  at  which  the  Rev.  Dr.  H. 
Gratton  Guinness  was  a  speaker,  Mrs.  Baird  was  brought 
face  to  face  with  the  question  of  consecrating  her  life 
to  foreign  missionary  service.  After  a  struggle  of  a  few 
days  she  yielded  and  volunteered.  Twenty  years  later  she 
wrote — “God  has  been  many  times  better  to  me  than 
He  ever  promised.  Every  year  has  been  more  blessed 
and  happy  than  the  one  before.” 

Arriving  in  Chosen  in  1890  she  quickly  acquired  the 
Korean  language  and  threw  herself  with  enthusiasm 
into  the  work.  In  spite  of  having  to  train  her  five 
children  until  they  were  old  enough  to  be  left  in  America, 
she  found  time  to  work  among  the  Korean  women  and 
was  to  them  “a  queenly  woman.”  As  a  Bible  Class 
teacher,  a  trainer  of  women  for  Christian  work,  an  in¬ 
structor  and  example  in  the  making  of  a  home,  she  was 
a  power  for  good. 


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In  addition  to  her  many  duties  she  found  time  to  write 
books  and  articles  and  to  translate  several  volumes  into 
the  Korean  language.  The  life  of  Mrs.  Baird  has  be- 
come  an  integral  part  of  the  establishment  of  missionary 
work  in  Chosen,  and  the  history  of  the  development  of 
the  Church  of  God  in  that  land  can  never  be  properly 
written  without  grateful  mention  of  the  26  years  that 
this  consecrated  servant  of  God  devoted  to  its  evangeli¬ 
zation. 


CHRISTIAN  BOOK  STORE,  PYENG  YANG,  CHOSEN 


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ALICE  MITCHELL,  M.D. 
WOODSTOCK,  INDIA 


Appointed,  1895 — Died,  November,  191G — Age,  54  years 


Since  189G  Dr.  Mitchell’s  work  has  been  in  connection 
with  the  Woodstock  School.  On  the  return  to  America 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Andrews  she  became  the  head  of  the 
institution  and  exercised  general  superintendency  both 
of  the  School  and  the  College.  How  heavy  was  the 
burden  of  this  work  is  indicated  in  one  of  her  last  reports 
in  which  she  spoke  of  having  taught  17  periods  a  week 
in  the  school  classes,  and  in  addition  to  her  general  duties 
of  having  conducted  morning  prayers  and  also  the  whole 
work  of  the  office  including  a  heavy  correspondence,  the 
discipline  of  the  school  and  its  general  administration. 


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In  spite  of  delicate  health  and  a  frail  body,  Dr.  Mit¬ 
chell  did  her  work  with  unwearied  fidelity  and  with  full 
devotion.  She  was  one  who  found  her  strength  in  quiet¬ 
ness,  and  confidence  in  God,  and  who  trustfully  and 
steadfastly  went  about  her  Father's  business  working 
the  works  of  Him  that  sent  her  while  it  was  day. 


WODDSTOCK  COLLEGE.  THORPE  MEMORIAL  HALL.  WOODSTOCK 
ABOVE  TO  THE  LEFT,  UPPER  WOODSTOCK  ABOVE  THAT  AND 
“WOODSIDE"  IN  CENTRE 


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FAITHFUL  AND  LOYAL  WORKERS 
FOR  THE  WOMEN  OF  CHINA 


Mrs.  William  H.  Dobson . 

Term  of  Service 

. 17  years 

Mrs.  William  M.  Gleysteen . 

. 15 

Elizabeth  E.  Anderson,  M.D . 

. 10 

Miss  Anin\\  G.  Reed . 

.  3  “ 

Miss  Edna  M.  Brack . 

o  “ 

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MRS.  WILLIAM  H.  DOBSON  (nee  Effie  W.  Moore) 
YEUNG  KONG,  CHINA 

Appointed,  1899 — Died,  August,  1916 — Age,  40  years 

Mrs.  Dobson  was  a  woman  of  great  beauty  and  strength 
of  character,  a  devoted  wife  and  mother,  a  warm  friend 
and  helper  of  the  Chinese  women  and  girls,  an  inde¬ 
fatigable  laborer  in  the  station  work  as  far  as  her  health 
and  her  family  duties  permitted.  The  Yeung  Kong 
women  have  lost  a  sincere  friend,  a  wise  counsellor  and 
leader. 

For  seventeen  years  Mrs.  Dobson  endured  most  un¬ 
comfortable  journeys  in  evil-smelling  junks  out  at  sea, 
through  pirate-infested  regions  lying  between  Canton  and 
Yeungkong.  Though  the  sights,  odors  and  sounds  even 
to  a  man  were  disgusting,  still  she  went  without  com¬ 
plaint,  love  and  faith  in  her  Master  fully  sustaining  her. 

At  times  she  did  not  see  the  face  of  a  white  woman 
for  months,  and  at  one  time  did  not  leave  her  isolated 
station  for  nearly  three  years,  there  being  no  one  to  help 
the  women  and  girls  during  her  absence.  A  Good  House¬ 
keeping  Club  for  young  Chinese  mothers  made  her  one  of 
a  very  intimate  and  endearing  circle.  She  seemed  to 
be  at  the  time  of  her  greatest  usefulness  when  the  Master 
called  her  to  His  higher  service. 

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A  CHRISTIAN  FAMILY,  YEUNG  KONG 


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MRS.  WM.  H.  GLEYSTEEN  (nee  Alice  Carter) 

PEKING,  CHINA 

Appointed,  1902 — Died,  February,  1917 — Age,  45  years 

Mrs.  Gleysteen  before  marriage  went  to  China  in  1903 
and  worked  for  four  years  among  the  women  of  Peking, 
but  came  home  on  account  of  ill-health,  returned  to  China 
in  1907  as  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  William  H.  Gley¬ 
steen.  Her  missionary  influence  broadened  and 
deepened  with  the  passing  years.  She  labored  inde- 
fatigably  in  cooperation  with  her  husband  in  developing 
the  Christian  character  of  the  students  under  his  care 
in  the  Boys’  Academy  in  Peking  of  which  he  is  the  Princi¬ 
pal.  Her  letters  were  full  of  her  joy  in  the  school’s 
increased  opportunities  for  usefulness  and  her  confident 
expectations  that  years  of  delightful  and  fruitful  ser¬ 
vice  were  ahead.  Besides  this  work  she  took  a  deep 

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interest  in  other  Mission  activities  and  her  judgment  was 
sought  and  valued  in  the  Mission  councils,  while  her  home 
was  a  center  of  gracious  hospitality  as  many  visitors  can 
testify. 

Mrs.  Gleysteen  had  a  remarkable  personality.  She 
was  a  woman  of  admirable  poise  and  judgment,  of 
great  gentleness  and  yet  of  underlying  strength.  Her 
life  experience  was  deep,  full  and  strong.  She  was 
warm-hearted  in  disposition  and  unfailingly  willing  to 
spend  and  to  be  spent  for  the  good  of  others.  One  thinks 
of  her  as  an  efficient  teacher,  a  conscientious  adminis¬ 
trator,  a  devoted  wife  and  mother,  a  charming  hostess,  a 
woman  of  quiet,  steady  purpose,  and  above  all  and 
through  all  a  Christian  consecrated  without  reserve  to 
the  upbuilding  of  the  Kingdom  of  God  on  earth. 


MISS  ANNA  G.  REED 
PAOTINGFU,  CHINA 

Appointed,  1913 — Died,  August,  19 1G — Age,  30  years 

Miss  Reed  gave  herself  to  Christ  at  the  age  of  twelve 
and  early  consecrated  herself  to  service.  She  sailed  for 
China  in  1913  and  was  appointed  to  Paotingfu.  A  long 
and  highly  useful  service  was  anticipated  for  her,  as  her 
testimonials  showed  that  she  was  an  exceptionally  good 
teacher,  a  young  woman  of  strong  personality,  and  force 
of  character,  energetic,  resourceful  and  self-reliant  and 
of  splendid  physical  health.  She  was  apparently  begin¬ 
ning  a  career  of  large  helpfulness  as  a  missionary. 


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CHINESE  REFUGEES  SEEKING  PROTECTION  OF  MISSIONARIES,  PAOT1NGFU 


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ELIZABETH  ESTHER  ANDERSON,  M.D. 
SOOCHOW,  CHINA 

Appointed,  1907 — Died,  November,  1916 — Age,  35  years 

Dr.  Anderson  went  to  Soochow,  China,  to  take  charge 
of  the  Tooker  Memorial  Hospital  in  1907.  All  the  years 
of  her  missionary  service  were  spent  at  this  station. 
She  was  a  woman  of  purest  spirit  and  of  whole-hearted 
devotion,  capable,  efficient,  gentle  and  unselfish ;  one 
who  loved  her  work  and  her  Master,  and  one  whom  all 
who  knew  her  loved. 

Her  Chinese  friends  at  Soochow  arranged  for  the 
Memorial  service.  The  church  was  crowded  to  the 
doors  with  Dr.  Anderson’s  friends,  the  women  and 
children  in  mourning,  while  the  walls  were  hung  with 
white  scrolls  and  everywhere  were  masses  of  white  and 
yellow  chrysanthemums.  It  was  a  simple,  dignified  and 
yet  utterly  sad,  service. 


TOOKER  MEMORIAL  HOSPITAL.  SOOCHOW 

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MISS  EDNA  M.  BRACK 
WEIHSIEN,  CHINA 

Appointed,  1914 — Died,  October,  191G — Age,  34  years 

Although  in  the  providence  of  God  Miss  Brack  was 
permitted  to  spend  hardly  two  years  on  the  foreign  field, 
she  had  already  won  a  place  for  herself  in  the  hearts  of 
the  missionaries  and  Chinese  alike,  and  had  demon¬ 
strated  her  abundant  qualifications  for  missionary  work. 
She  loved  the  Chinese  people  and  was  loved  by  them  and 
had  proved  by  the  country  trips  which  she  had  en¬ 
thusiastically  undertaken  that  she  was  willing  for  that 
hard  but  very  useful  form  of  work.  She  was  sympa- 

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thetic  in  disposition,  active  in  effort  and  always  gen¬ 
erous  in  her  thought  of  others.  At  the  funeral  service 
the  Chinese  pastor  made  an  appeal  to  the  students  and 
other  Chinese  present  to  follow  her  example  and  give 
their  lives  to  carrying  on  the  work  of  bringing  China  to 
Christ. 


WEI  HSIEN  WOMAN  S  CONFERENCE  SPEAKERS 


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“Therefore  are  they  before  the  Throne  of  God,  and 
Serve  Him  Day  and  Night  in  His  Temple:  and  He 

THAT  SITTETH  ON  THE  THRONE  SHALL  DWELL  AMONG 
THEM. 

THEY  SHALL  HUNGER  NO  MORE,  NEITHER  THIRST  ANY 
MORE  ,*  NEITHER  SHALL  THE  SUN  LIGHT  ON  THEM  NOR  ANY 
HEAT. 

for  the  Lamb  which  is  in  The  Midst  of  The 
Throne  shall  feed  them,  and  shall  lead  them  unto 
living  Fountains  of  Waters,  and  God  shall  wipe 

AWAY  ALL  TEARS  FROM  THEIR  EYES." 


The  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  in  the  U.S.A. 
156  Fifth  Ave.,  New  York 


